Assistant Principal's Message

School Hours and Child Safety

Please remember that the school gates will be supervised from 8.30 am - 8.55 am each morning. At the end of the day, the gates are supervised from 3.10 pm - 3.30 pm. If you are not able to pick up your children, please book them into before or after-school care (SCECS), where they will get a nutritious snack and have lots of fun. We need to ensure the safety of our children is at the forefront of our thinking in all situations so please help us to do that by following the guidelines.   

Gifted Education: Mind Quest

MindQuest caters for high potential and gifted primary students from years one to six.

This fast paced challenging program offering 33 exciting courses for gifted and talented students is designed to enrich and extend students of similar interests and abilities.

These challenging two day workshops are designed to stimulate and extend your child across a broad range of subject areas. These hands on activities include chemistry, earth sciences, lego robotics, drama, art, writing and much more. Courses focus on developing critical and creative thinking skills, problem solving and broadening your child's interests. Many of the courses for older children give them a unique opportunity to acquire advanced concepts at the high school level.

These enjoyable and fun filled weekends give children the opportunity to meet others of similar interests and abilities.

ENROL NOW!

St George Girls High School: Victoria St Kogarah

Saturday & Sunday 28th & 29th March 2026 

Closing date: Friday, 6th March 2026

OLSH Kensington & Brigidine Randwick Visit

Our Year 4 and Year 5 girls were thrilled to welcome the Principal of OLSH Kensington College Ms Gilda Pussich and Principal of Brigidine College Randwick Mr Adrian Eusson. They spoke to the students about the excellent facilities available and the strong educational benefits the college offers. The girls enjoyed hearing about the modern learning environments, supportive community and diverse co‑curricular opportunities that help students flourish both academically and personally. They also shared the importance of sport in building confidence, teamwork, and resilience. It was an engaging and informative session that gave our students a valuable insight into life at OLSH Kensington and Brigidine Randwick. 

PBL: Awards Information

At our Weekly Assembly on Friday @ 2:55pm on the Possum Playground we have several awards that are given out by each class teacher:

• Student of the Week Award - PBL Focus
• Student of the Week Award - Australian School Values 
• One Merit Award 

At the end of each term the House Colour that has won the most PBL tokens receives an extra playtime, disco, iceblock and dress up in their house colour. Also, at the end of each term the student that has the most tokens in each class receives an award and prizes for following PBL expectations. 

Students who follow the behaviour expectations are rewarded with one stamp on their individual reward chart given by classroom teacher/s and a token towards their house colour. 

Only ONE stamp is to be given at a time to the child for their positive behaviour. 

• 20 stamps = Bronze Award 

• 20 stamps = Silver Award
• 20 stamps = Gold Award = pencil or ruler prize
• 20 stamps = Star Award = Stella Star Badge

Once a child fills their stamps/ colours in all stamps and receives a Bronze/Silver/Gold/Star award, the classroom teacher will create a certificate for the student and it will be given out at Assembly. The Star award will be presented by the Principal at Friday Assembly. 

Each term a different award and prize are given out. 

• Term One - Principal's Award
• Term Two - St Anthony of Padua Award
• Term Three - Nano Nagle Award
• Term Four - Mary of the Cross MacKillop Award

These awards represent the important people in our daily life of the school day.

Community News

Luca represented Easts at the State Cup in Penrith last Friday and Saturday.  

We arrived at Penrith and played our first game. We won  9 - 2. Next game we vs Camden  I even scored a try! We lost 5 - 2 but we didn’t give up. The next game we played against Parramatta we lost again 9 - 2. The following day we were all pumped up. The first game we played Tamworth. I got nominated captain. We won 9 - 2, we were back in the game. We then played Central Coast and it was 4 - 4 but the buzzer hadn't gone, we scored on the buzzer and it was a try! We knocked Central Coast out of the tournament. We had one more game to go vs Port Stephens, we won 6 - 1. We came 2nd on the ladder but tied with Parramatta but they had more for and against then us, so Camden and Parramatta made it to the finals. Still we played really well and I got voted MVP by my team.                                             By Luca B

Concept/Real World Problem - Research a Real World Issue/Concept of your choice to present - Years 2-6:

Use these KAPLAN prompts for your research

The Details icon challenges students to determine the key facts, traits, parts, or elements of the content. Learners are tasked with looking for the vital details or characteristics to define the topic of study.

The Over Time icon challenges students to look at the past, present and possible future of a topic to determine how it has been influenced or changed. Learners analyze something historic and make predictions based on present knowledge.

2026 Staff Development Days (Pupil Free Days)

Each year, Sydney Catholic Schools (SCS) provides time for Staff Development Days (SDD) which provides professional learning time for all staff. St Anthony's will be providing supervision on ALL of the Staff Development Days from Monday 30 March. Parents will need to register. 

Blessings,

Marie Iorfino

Assistant Principal